Hair clipper attachment



. Aug. 13,1935. WQYAN EY HAL 2,011,351

HAIR CLIPPER ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 24, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS.YSZILL IA M C). YAHGEY AUX RNEYS.

Patented Aug. 13, 1935 7 w NiTED sT Ts 'HAIR, CLIPPER ATTACHMENT WilliamO. Yancey and Virgil L. Yancey,

' San Francisco, Calif.

Application January 24, 1934, Serial No. 708,158

2 Claims. (01. 30-4 This invention relates'to improvements in hairlength of hair can be left upon the head, that clippers and hasparticular reference to a comb is, without tipping the clippers upontheir heel, arrangement for attachment to the customary which isvirtually impossible to accomplish when hair clipper usedby barbers. itis considered that the hand is moving over a A further object is toproduce a device which rounded contour. Applicants have, therefore, de-5 is light weight and, therefore, one which will vised an attachmentvwhich may be secured to not upset the balance of the usual clipper andany clipper, which attachment will permit the a device which will remainfixed irrespective of employment of the clipper for cutting the hair roFFicE Y vibration. at anypoint upon the head and without leavgioAnother object is toproduce a device which ing objectionable clippermarks. a will not become entangled with the hair and Applicants employan ordinary clipper deswill be smooth when brought against the scalp.ignated as a whole by the numeral 5, having a An additional object is toproduce a device reciprocating cutter 6 and a home plate 7. The

which is neat in appearance. construction thus far is common to. allclippers Q; A further object is to produce a device which and forms nopart of our invention. 5 is economical to manufacture and one which mayOur invention includes a wire clip 8 having an be sold at a reasonableprice to the average offset 9 spaced from the back of the clipper bodybarber. and adapted to be engaged by the hooked end A further object isto produce a device where- H of a sliding retainer I2. This retainer is25) in the length of out given the hair may be readmounted upon a fingerpiece l3 and is held in ily changed in cutting different parts of thehair sliding contact therewith by a pin M which also on the head.retains a spring it. Notches I'l formed on the A still further object isto enable the barber finger piece also engage the onset portion 9 of toout hair with a clipper in such a manner that the wire 3. This fingerpiece has a nose I8, I the usual marks left by the clipper will beenwhich is adapted to. engage notches l9, 2| and tirely eliminated. 22of a comb arrangement 23. This comb ar- Other objects and advantageswill be apparent rangement is provided with teeth 24 adapted to duringthe course of the following description. overlie the teeth of the homeplate and the slid- .In the accompanying drawings forming a part ingcutter 6. This comb is, therefore, slidable of this specification and inwhich like numerals on the home plate and held in adjusted position 30are employed to designate like parts throughout by the finger piece I3which will be later dethe same, scribed. A lever 26 is attached to thecomb and Fig. l is a side elevation of our device, lies parallel withthe side of the clipper (see Figs. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig.1, 1 and 8). This lever extends through the comb Fig. 3 is afragrnentaryside elevation, aportion and has a crank 2'! formed within its length.thereof being shown in cross section, and show- The crank is sopositionedthat it may be caused ing the comb in central position, tomove against the back of the home plate for Fig. 4 is a view similar toFig. 3 showing the the purpose of separating the home plate from comb inadvanced position, the comb. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the combre- Referring now'to Fig. 1, it will be noted that 40 taining clip, thefinger piece is 50 arranged that its nose is Fig. 6 is a cross sectiontaken on the line 6-6 in the slot I9. Therefore, the comb is back of ofFig. 4, the teeth of the home plate and consequently a Fig. 7 is aperspective view of the retainer, very close fit between the partsexists. If the Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the comb, and barber nowuses the device, the teeth of the home 4,

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the comb and plate and the clipper may bebrought very close shown partly in cross section. to the head and theresulting hair cut will be Barbers, in cutting hair, ordinarily employ atermed short. If the comb is now moved by presspair of clippers, eitherhand or electric, for the ing upon the finger piece l3 so that the noseinitial trimming. Afterwards they usually emengages the slot 2i, thenthe parts will be in 50 ploy a comb and scissois with which the finalthe full line position of Fig. 3. The moving for-- cut of the hair isaccomplished, the reason beward of the comb will cause a slight space atthe ing that the ordinary clipper leaves marks, for point A, that is,between the teeth of the comb the reason that it has but a singleadjustment and the teeth of the home plate. Thus the hair and when heldagainst the head only a certain cut will be somewhat longer than that inFig, 1.

Now if it is desiredto make further adjustment the user may press thethumb against the lever 26 so as to press the lever in the direction ofthe arrow of Fig. 3, and thus move the parts from the full line positionto the dotted line position. It will be apparent that the space at thepoint A is thus considerably increased and when it is I [considered thatthis increase is gradually accomplished by the movement of the'thumb itwill be apparent that agradual tapering of the hair I length isaccomplished. In Fig. 4 we have illustrated the tip of the finger pieceas engaging the slot 22, thus moving the comb a considerable; distancealong the surface of the home plate and thus increasing the space at thepoint A which space can again be gradually increased by the manipulationof the lever. i 7

It will be noted that when the tip of the finger piece engages the slotl9 or in other words when the comb is in retracted position and theteeth thereof in back of the home 'plate te'eth, the device ,Willreadily serve as'a clipper j remove the line. a

Itjwill, therefore, be apparent that any desired V and will positivelyadjustment may be accomplished through the employment of; our device,thus'eliminating the necessity of. employing several clippers as is nowoften donel' r V It, is; tolbe understood that the formof our deviceherewith shown and described is to be and said home plate.

taken as a preferred eirample of the sameand that various changesrelative to the material,

home plate, said means including a lever and a crank, 'saidcrank beingspaced between the comb and said home plate whereby movement of saidlevercauses a camming action between said comb 2. In combination with aclipper having a body "portion, a reciprocating cutter and a home plate,

a'comb slidable on said home plate, said comb 7 having a plurality ofgrooves formed therein, a

finger piece adapted to engage oneof said grooves,

and manually operated means adapted to move said comb away from saidhome plate at a point remote from'the engagement of said finger piecewith said groove in said comb.

WILLIAM O. YANCEY. VIRGIL L. YANCEY.

